Developer Success Engineer

About the role

Vercel is hiring a Developer Success Engineer (DSE) to accelerate adoption and unlock growth by guiding customers through their most important technical milestones. DSEs proactively engage with customers in time-boxed, outcome-driven motions—such as onboarding, go-live readiness, and post-launch stabilization—that help unblock progress and set customers up for long-term success on Vercel. They work with a wide variety of customers—from fast-moving startups to established enterprises—adapting their approach to match the needs and pace of each.

Responsibilities

• Lead customers—from fast-paced startups to established enterprises—through defined technical motions that accelerate their adoption and launch on Vercel
• Provide implementation guidance to ensure deployments follow best practices for builds, caching, web performance, and cost efficiency
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges related to Next.js, serverless functions, build pipelines, and integrations
• Identify and unblock opportunities for customer growth and expansion
• Author and maintain resources—including internal playbooks, external documentation, and knowledge base articles—that scale learnings across internal teams and customers
• Partner with Sales, Support, and Product teams to escalate complex issues, close feedback loops, and influence product improvements
• Spot patterns in customer challenges and proactively recommend optimizations or new motions that improve adoption at scale

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of Next.js ecosystem including AI SDK, Workflows, Caching, Turborepo etc
• 3+ years of experience in frontend development, technical support, solutions engineering, or customer-facing technical role
• Familiarity with troubleshooting frontend build systems, serverless runtimes, and API integrations
• Able to diagnose complex technical issues and provide structured recommendations with empathy and clarity
• Strong communication skills—you can explain technical concepts clearly in writing, async channels, and live conversations.
• Must have used Vercel or a comparable platform.
• Passion for helping developers succeed by delivering clear guidance, reducing friction, and creating scalable resources.

Bonus if you

• Have contributed to open-source projects, technical documentation, or developer advocacy initiatives
• Bring experience in incident management, debugging serverless functions, or optimizing frontend performance
• Are comfortable working in a fast-paced, global, remote-friendly environment

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including equity.
• Inclusive Healthcare Package.
• Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
• Flexible Time Off.
• We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $138,000 - $206,000. Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role.